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  • 0.00 - 5.00 Credits

    Focuses on the application of clinical judgment model to promote optimal levels of functioning of the adult and the older adult. Students apply knowledge and critical thinking to the care of the individual patients as they begin to assume the nursing roles of practitioner, teacher, leader/manager, and consumer of research. Students expand their knowledge and application of major nursing concepts as they provide healthcare to patients in the clinical setting.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on pathophysiologic concepts and the pharmacologic management of selected disease processes throughout the lifespan. Students will explore foundational pharmacologic principles and their application to practice. Pathophysiologic disruptions will be examined and integrated with pharmacologic treatment related to specific disease processes.
  • 0.00 - 8.00 Credits

    Focuses on the management of care for patients with complex alterations in health and with alterations in mental health across the lifespan. Students will apply theoretical concepts and critical thinking to plan and prioritize nursing care based on the principles of clinical judgement. Students will continue to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes/ values, and abilities through learning experiences in various clinical settings with supervision. This course includes a clinical component.
  • 0.00 - 8.00 Credits

    Integrates nursing best practices, clinical principles and skills, critical thinking, and clinical judgement into the primary care management of the patient with complex healthcare alterations across the lifespan. This course focuses on the synthesis of professional nursing concepts while assisting in the role transition to a practicing registered nurse. This will include a precepted clinical experience at various healthcare facilities.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course builds upon the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to meet the End of Program Student Learning Outcomes (EPSLO) and to be eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination. Program mission and goal statements are aligned with nursing accrediting body standards and objectives standards 1-5. This course specifically aligns with the Commonwealth University mission to provide high-impact practices, personal and career connections by preparing students to pass the NCLEX-RN and fulfill the needs of society for Registered Nurses
  • 0.00 - 8.00 Credits

    Introduces topics and skills associated with the acute and chronic healthcare needs of adults. Students apply developmental theory, core educational competencies, and basic principles of the clinical judgment measurement model to prioritize nursing care for adult patients. Students will continue to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are essential for safe nursing practice. Students will collaborate with the intra and interprofessional health care team while increasing independence as a professional nurse.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with a foundational understanding of the research process and evidence-based practice in nursing. Students focus on the theoretical basis of research methodology and strategies to analyze, critique, and interpret nursing research. Emphasis is placed on the role of research in nursing and evidence-based practice to facilitate their development as consumers and participants of research to advance the knowledge of nursing.
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Provides a comprehensive overview of the distinctive health care needs of pregnant persons and newborns. Focus is on the nursing care of childbearing persons and their families through pregnancy, birth, and the six weeks after birth. Focus of the newborn explores their behavioral and physiologic adaptations to extrauterine life. Students use critical thinking, effective communication skills, information and technology, and assessment findings to provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to pregnant persons, neonates, and their families. Corequisite:    NURS 303
  • 0.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Focuses on family-centered care, common childhood conditions, and health promotion of children from birth through adolescence using a blend of didactic, clinical, and simulation laboratory experiences. Course concepts include evidence and theory-based promotion of physical, developmental, physiologic, psychological, social, and cultural functioning of the child and family. Students will demonstrate care of the children in the acute care environment with consideration of unique needs based on physiologic and developmental age.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Builds on the Registered Nurses education and experience and allows students to identify, reflect, and examine skills and standards needed to enhance professional nursing practice. The course examines the conceptual models and theoretical frameworks of nursing. The student will synthesize and apply concepts, principles, and a variety of theories from nursing and related disciplines in developing and articulating their professional role.
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